Pumper license

Definition

The state license that lets a company service tanks, held on a departmental examination.

Why It Matters

Wisconsin states it plainly where most states hedge. The department issues on qualifications, experience and a passed departmental examination, licenses run two years, and every one of them expires on June 30 whenever it was issued, with renewal due by the first of June. The number goes on the fleet: the words Wisconsin Sanitary Licensee and the license number painted on the side of every servicing vehicle in letters at least two inches high. The fee is charged per vehicle with a groundwater fee per licensee. Operating a septage vehicle needs a separately certified individual on top, so the business license and the person are two things a buyer inherits separately. On a written complaint the department must investigate, and after a revocation it may not reissue for a year. Counties may not add a layer of their own.